Gerry McGovern
Professor GerryMcGovern OBE is Chief Creative Officer at Jaguar Land Rover, responsible for all aspects of visual communications and developing the current portfolio of JLR vehicles. After completing a degree in industrial design at Coventry University, he studied for a Masters at the Royal College of Art, specialising in automotive design. He began his career at Chrysler in the UK, followed by a stint in Detroit, before returning to the UK as a Senior Designer for Peugeot and later joining the Rover Group. McGovern then moved to the Ford Motor Company to rejuvenate the Lincoln‑Mercury brands before rejoining Land Rover in 2004 as Director of Advanced Design. In 2014 he was appointed a Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art.